* TORNADO WARNING FOR...WEST CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CENTRE...CEDAR BLUFF...NORTHEASTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 314 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERETHUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR REECE CITY...OR 7MILES NORTHWEST OF GADSDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...TABOR ROAD...CHEROKEE ROCK VILLAGE AND SLACKLAND BY 325 PM CST...LEESBURG BY 330 PM CST...SAND ROCK AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTRE BY 335 PM CST...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEISS LAKE BY 340 PM CST...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR BLUFF BY 345 PM CST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBER 188.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAITTO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER AWORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT ISAVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN ANINTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TOCOVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE ASUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THENEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

* AT 318 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR INTERSTATE 59 NEAR THE KEENER COMMUNITY IN NORTHEAST ETOWAH COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... COLLINSVILLE. DOG TOWN. ADAMSBURG. LITTLE RIVER CANYON NATIONAL PRESERVE. DESOTO STATE PARK.

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